Hm. I suppose I'm a fan of the *category*. I was a "co-op" student in college and it did wonders for me. But there was no agreement that I'd definitely take a job with them after graduation. So, perhaps I got the better end of the deal. It wouldn't have bothered me much to sell some of my future to my co-op employer, though, because I only co-op'ed at the 1 company. A friend hopped companies a couple of times for his co-op terms and eventually went for a masters and got a job at a totally different company.
On 11/21/2017 02:17 PM, Marcus Daniels wrote: > Oh boy, careful what you wish for: Indentured Servitude. The legislative > things to do are to prevent just that. > Bring back pensions and give an incentive to stay for five years. > > https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/11/the-push-for-education-programs-that-pay-people-as-they-learn/546329/ > > Fadulu: Even though a company has invested in an apprentice, couldn't the > apprentice leave and go elsewhere for a job that pays better? It sounds risky > from a business perspective. > > Campa-Najjar: There are certain agreements that could prevent that. Unions, > when they do apprenticeships, they just say, "If we train you, you have > committed to staying for five years." It's almost like the military. ... > Maybe there's just [a need for] accountability on both sides [when it comes > to companies and their employees]. The employer and employee come into this > relationship where we're going to train you and you will work for us for the > next five years. We'll put you on this curriculum where every couple months > you get a promotion. ... So I think there are some things legislatively we > could do to make that happen. -- ☣ gⅼеɳ ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove
